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Thanks for your comments Company Sgt Major Archer. The initial problems with the Bren lay at the door of the committees and dare I say it, the trials and testing teams from the old small arms school...

The classic Bren total fiasco was machining gas escape in the gas cylinder, DIRECTLY underneath the bipod sleeve. Have a look at a Mk1 gas cylinder. Have you ever heard of such folly? The...

The double return spring was to counter the extra impetus to the breech block and piston assembly. This was caused by the increase in diameter of the gas hole in the barrel (Mk1 to Mk1* barrel). ...